PLAYED AT: Prospera CentreDate: May 19, 2018GAME NOTES: CHIEFS SCORE LATE, BOOK SPOT IN RBC CUP FINAL
JASON LA ROSE
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Kaden Pickering broke open a tie game with 8:44 to go, and the Chilliwack Chiefs punched their ticket to the championship game at the 2018 RBC Cup with a thrilling 3-2 semifinal win over the Ottawa Jr. Senators on Saturday night.
The Chiefs will face the Wellington Dukes in the final Sunday (4 p.m. PT, TSN), looking to become the third host team in the last four years to claim Canada’s National Junior A Championship.
With overtime looming (again), Kyle Yewchuk threw a shot on net that found its way to Pickering, who knocked the loose puck past Jr. Senators goaltender Connor Hicks to ignite the pro-Chiefs crowd at the Prospera Centre.
Chilliwack leaned heavily on its penalty kill to help it through; the Chiefs killed off all seven Ottawa power plays in the game, including a pair of four-minute man advantages in the third period.
For the tournament, the hosts have allowed just a single power-play goals in 25 chances.
The Chiefs were on the board first at 9:21 of the first period when Anthony Vincent swept in a Marcus Tesink rebound from the doorstep, but Owen Guy followed the bouncing puck and swatted the tying goal past Chilliwack netminder Daniel Chenard at 18:09 to bring the Jr. Senators even.
The momentum would quickly swing back to the Chiefs, though; Skyler Brind’Amour batted a rebound out of midair and past Hicks just 45 seconds after the Guy goal, sending Chilliwack to the intermission up 2-1.
Chenard and Hicks went save for save through most of a busy second period – both teams managed 12 shots on goal in the middle frame – but Ottawa would get back to even terms in the final minute when Pierre-Luc Veillette jumped on a rebound at the side of the Chilliwack net to make it 2-2 through 40 minutes.
The Pickering winner came during one of the few stretches of five-on-five hockey in the third period; the teams combined for 20 minutes in penalties during the final stanza, putting special teams to work on both sides.
Chilliwack is into the final for the first time in three trips to the national championship. They fell short in the semifinals in each of their first two appearances, in 2000 and 2002.

Visiting Team: Ottawa Jr. Senators

Home Team: Chilliwack Chiefs

OTTAWA JR. SENATORS LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Hicks, Connor

G

31

Boisvert, Francis

2

Bisson, Adrien

4

Salloum, Zachary

5

Thomas, Michael

6

Brant, Bailey

7

Daniels, Devon

A

8

Anderson, Isaac

A

10

Lalonde, Nick

C

12

Guy, Owen

14

Smart, Conor

16

Pion, Danny

18

McCabe, Craig

19

Alexander, Joe

23

Evans, Finn

25

Manderville, Ethan

26

Veillette, Pierre-Luc

27

McGregor, Griffin

89

Morin, Gabriel

94

Walsh, Darcy

OTTAWA JR. SENATORS PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

18

2:00

Slashing

10:05

1

10:05

2nd

19

2:00

Interference

7:01

1

7:01

2nd

18

2:00

Interference

15:05

1

15:05

3rd

10

2:00

High-Sticking

0:21

1

0:21

3rd

2

2:00

Hooking

8:32

1

8:32

3rd

18

2:00

Roughing

11:45

11:45

3rd

27

2:00

Kneeing

14:07

1

14:07

CHILLIWACK CHIEFS LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Caron, Mathieu

G

30

Chenard, Daniel

2

Yewchuk, Kyle

3

Gresh, Jake

A

4

Vincent, Anthony

5

Slick, Matt

7

Miotto, Ryan

C

8

Calverley, Will

A

11

Lee, Tommy

12

Blaisdell, Harrison

15

Bowen, Ethan

16

Turcotte, Jared

17

Brind'Amour, Skyler

18

Pickering, Kaden

20

Bowen, Ryan

21

Marrocco, P.J.

22

Berg, Adam

A

26

Allbee, Bryan

27

Connor, Powell

28

Tesink, Marcus

CHILLIWACK CHIEFS PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

20

2:00

Roughing

20:00

1

20:00

2nd

21

2:00

Interference

4:10

1

4:10

3rd

16

4:00

High-Sticking

2:39

2

2:39

3rd

22

2:00

Roughing

11:45

11:45

3rd

27

2:00

Kneeing

12:53

1

12:53

3rd

17

4:00

High-Sticking

15:13

2

15:13

OTTAWA JR. SENATORS Goals

OTTAWA JR. SENATORS PLAYERS (plus)

CHILLIWACK CHIEFS PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

18:09

12-8

2nd

19:10

26-18-8

CHILLIWACK CHIEFS Goals

CHILLIWACK CHIEFS PLAYERS (plus)

OTTAWA JR. SENATORS PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

9:21

4-28

1st

18:54

17-22-8

3rd

11:16

18-17-2

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

OTTAWA JR. SENATORS

0 / 7

CHILLIWACK CHIEFS

0 / 6

PENALTY SUMMARY

OTTAWA JR. SENATORS

14 min / 7 inf

CHILLIWACK CHIEFS

16 min / 8 inf (6)

POINT SUMMARY

OTTAWA JR. SENATORS

2 G + 3 A = 5 Pts

CHILLIWACK CHIEFS

3 G + 5 A = 8 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

Total

OTTAWA JR. SENATORS

1

1

0

2

CHILLIWACK CHIEFS

2

0

1

3

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

Tot.

On

Off

OTT - Hicks (58:11) (L)

9

12

6

27

/0:00

3rd/18:11

CHI - Chenard (60:00) (W)

7

11

8

26

/0:00

3rd/20:00

Stars of the Game

TIME OF GAME:

-

Start:

7:15 PM

-

End:

9:29 PM

-

Attendance:

OFFICIALS

Referee:

Referee:

Linesman:

Linesman:

CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official National Jr A Championship Game Report.